EctiBot's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sir Terry Pratchett - Tribute]

A bit hard to review this, but I quite liked your narration. If I were to be picky I would say that there some background wind-ish noise in the recording, probably because of the mic :).
Just felt like I had to critisize something X3.
Anyway, you got a pretty good narrative voice, and I quite enjoyed listening to you :).

Coop responds:

I've not got a filter over the mic, nor even a stand. Perhaps sometime I will get these things and make a comeback, but not quite yet.

[Intelligent Burrito]

This is pretty rad actually :). Loved the synths you used and the mixing is spot on. A bit too short though. You could have made this into a really good full track. Understand that you can't because you only have the Demo version of Fl though, used to have the same problem as well ;(. You should really consider buying the full version :).
Btw, I think this would sound really nice with an ambient pad or something like that over the synths you already have. Would make it more atmospheric and epic sounding :).
Love the melody, and liked the story XD.

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xxUltimaWeapon responds:

I definitely plan on adding a lot to this song when I get the full version of FL. I had up to 1:30 on this track, but I didn't upload it because it was unfinished and it made no sense where it was. I'm really glad you liked it. I'm hoping to buy FL 11 one of these days so I can actually put some serious work into one song. I'll definitely try a pad or two out when I come back to this one. Thanks for the review! :D

[Within Reach]

The 23 seconds that you have here sound pretty awesome, but o\it doesn't really work as a standalone loop. Really sounds like an awesome builldup, and I must say that I was a bit disappointed to find out that the track is only 23 seconds long. You should really try develop this further and make it into a full song.
I also found the snare sample to be a bit too flat. Maybe add some reverb or delay to it?.
This sounds really good, but could really use some more :).
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ADR3-N responds:

The snare actually wasn't a sample, but I hear what you're saying. Perhaps I need to revisit that preset and mess around with the oscillators a little. Thanks for the review!

[Interception]

Interesting track this :). Really liked the melodies and the lead synth. As TheArsonist said, the song can seem to be a bit repetetive. You actually do a pretty god job with varyiing up the different parts, but the thing that makes the track is the bass that comes in at 0:23 and just plays the same note for the entire duration of the song. Try siwtching that up a bit and it will do so much for the quality of the track :).

Good track overall though :D.

[Six-Sided Parabox]

Awesome work poinl!! Just pure genius really :D:
Loved the way you opened the song that pan flute sounds incredibly soothing to the ears, and loved that melody. When you start building up the song I understood that something awesome coming. Really good use of vocal cuts. the transition at 0:30 was almost perfect :).
The part at 0:55 got me to groove in my chear XD. Absolutely loved the melody. One of the sweetest things I've heard :).
You're a pure genius when it comes to keeping the listeners attention. The part at 2:11 was absolutely crazy good! I was thinking that you would probably repeat the parts all over again, but you really surprised me with that one. The way you brought the main part back in again at 2:37 was just awesome :).

Onlycomplain I really can come with is that I feel like the kick could use a few higher frequencies just to make it a bit more punchier. That's barely noticeable though X3.¨

Overall a great track, which definetly deserves 5 stars and a follow :)
Thx for requesting a review fron the Review Request Club :).

-Ectisity
{Review Request Club}

poinl responds:

And thanks for the in-depth review!

[GhostDanceParty]

Interesting piece this Arsonist. Loved the beginnings, was really nice and powerful and really nice synths and melodies here. Only problem is that I kinda expected the song to build up from the intro into something more energetic. I really liked how you progressed the song throughout the track, but I felt like it lacked that one "wow" moment, as the energy levels were pretty much the same throughout the track. Try looking into some 8bit music, or take a listen to some of Envy's stuff on here. Great example on how to build up and 8bit song and making sure to vary the energy levels.

Overall still a pretty cool track though. Really liked melodies you used, especially the one at 0:30. Maybe lacking a heavy bass, but is still punchy enough for me to groove to it :). The title really fits the atmosphere and feeling of the song, so good job on getting that down right :D.

Keep up the good work :D.
-Ectisity

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xxUltimaWeapon responds:

I definitely need to work on using the buildup to my advantage and give it a bassy feel. I'm glad you liked the melodies I used. I've accepted the reality that the melodic quality of my songs can easily be outweighed by the lack of mastering and sample quality, so it's nice when someone enjoys it. Glad you liked the song, thanks for the review! :D

[Soldier Game - Menu]

Pretty solid track this :). My only complaint is that the low frequency base sounded a bit bad in my headphones. The low's sound kinda messy. Maybe cut a bit of the lowest, unneded frequencies to clean up the mix.
The track was pretty good regardless. A bit short, but I see that it's only an unlooped version :).
4 stars.

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[Life As An Eraser]

Interesting progressions and arrangement. Must say that I really disliked the sound of the guitar, and that kinda ruined it for me. Distortion only sound good when recorded if the recording equipment is good, and the equipment used in this, don't know if you connected an amp directly to your soundcard or what, wasn't really good enough to make the effect sound good.
I would also advice you to try and switch it up a bit more and maybe build the song up as it progresses?
Just some ideas :).

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Mouse-Pet responds:

by "interesting" im sure the better word would have been poor? yeah i connected the mustang amp straight to audacity, I know i'm scum, i am trying to get it to work with Adobe Audition but i dont know how to use it yet. But i plan to remaster them sometime in the near future because i really really dislike Audacity. But thanks :D

[本当の青空 - Hontō no ao]

Great piece this :). Really felt like it easily took me on a long journey. The playing is always flawless :).
Why would you hide this from us for two years XD!?

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Whoah, that sure was fast o.O!!!
Thanks a lot XD

Well, I have a few more hidden gems. I'd be spamming if I uploaded my old pieces from before joining Newgrounds all at once! (The real reason is that I was too lazy to actually record this before now...)

[Lone wolf]

Can't even speak after that =_=. It was all way too perfect. Loved all the synths, the arrangements, the mixing, the melodies. Everything just fits perfectly together like always :)
I absolutely wuw it. That drop hit uber hard in my subwoofer :D.

Cursedsnake responds:

Thx!
I don't even have a subwoofer x3